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Ithaca Energy Inc EBITDA Margin jumped on 106 pp from -43.7% to 62.2% in 2016 while Revenue dropped on 42.2%

23.03.2017 • About Ithaca Energy Inc ($IAE) • By InTwits

Ithaca Energy Inc reported 2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 62.2% in 2016, -43.7% in 2015, -78.0% in 2014, 38.8% in 2013, 49.3% in 2012
  • Ithaca Energy Inc motivates its personel by high Stock Based Compensation (SBC): average SBC/Revenue for 2012-2016 was 0.0%. On average EBITDA Margin was -5.3% for the sames years0
  • Ithaca Energy Inc has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 73.3%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 35.1%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 92.6 in 2016, 165 in 2015, 406 in 2014, 356 in 2013, 166 in 2012
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 6.3%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 4.5x while industry average is 3.1x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Ithaca Energy Inc ($IAE) key annual financial indicators

mln. $201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue174.4426.8392.6384.9222.6-42.2%
Gross Profit39.399.8-11.3152.276.6-49.7%
SG&A5.220.913.99.95.4-45.8%
EBITDA86.0165.6-306.4-168.3138.4-182.2%
Net Income93.4144.7-24.5-121.0-53.8-55.5%
Balance Sheet
Cash31.463.419.411.527.2135.6%
Short Term Debt0.00.01.51.61.73.0%
Long Term Debt0.0432.2784.9694.5645.3-7.1%
Cash flow
Capex165.9355.9406.4164.892.6-43.8%
Ratios
Revenue growth35.0%144.8%-8.0%-2.0%-42.2%
EBITDA growth46.6%92.4%-285.0%-45.1%-182.2%
Gross Margin22.5%23.4%-2.9%39.5%34.4%-5.1%
EBITDA Margin49.3%38.8%-78.0%-43.7%62.2%105.9%
Net Income Margin53.6%33.9%-6.2%-31.4%-24.2%7.3%
SG&A, % of revenue3.0%4.9%3.5%2.6%2.4%-0.2%
CAPEX, % of revenue95.1%83.4%103.5%42.8%41.6%-1.2%
ROIC4.6%0.7%-34.0%-22.0%6.3%28.3%
ROE16.8%19.8%-2.9%-14.8%-7.0%7.8%
Net Debt/EBITDA-0.4x2.2x4.5x4.5x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue dropped on 42.2% in 2016. Despite revenue decline the EBITDA margin expanded. EBITDA Margin surged on 106 pp from -43.7% to 62.2% in 2016.

Gross Margin decreased on 5.1 pp from 39.5% to 34.4% in 2016. SG&A as a % of Revenue showed almost no change in 2016.

Net Income marign increased on 7.3 pp from -31.4% to -24.2% in 2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


Ithaca Energy Inc's CAPEX/Revenue was 41.6% in 2016. Ithaca Energy Inc's CAPEX/Revenue dropped on 41.8 pp from 83.4% in 2013 to 41.6% in 2016. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 62.6%.The company invested a big chunk of EBITDA (66.9%) to CAPEX which didn't stop revenue from falling.

Return on investment


The company operates at low but positive ROIC (6.34%) and negative ROE (-7.00%). ROIC jumped on 28.3 pp from -22.0% to 6.3% in 2016. ROE increased on 7.8 pp from -14.8% to -7.0% in 2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 4.5x and Debt / EBITDA is 4.7x. Net Debt / EBITDA jumped4.5x from to 4.5x in 2016. Debt decreased on 7.1% in 2016 while cash surged on 136% in 2016.

Management team


The company's CEO is Leslie James Thomas. Leslie James Thomas is a founder and has 5 years tenure at the company. Ithaca Energy Inc's CFO is Graham Forbes. Graham Forbes has 8 years tenure at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Oil & Gas Producers


Below we provide Ithaca Energy Inc benchmarking against other companies in Oil & Gas Producers industry for the last 5 years. We show data for the top-5 companies by key financial metric together with the median value for all the companies in the industry.

Top companies by Revenue growth, %

Top  FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Edge Resources Inc ($EDE)472.1%45.4%10.0%0.5%
Tethys Petroleum Limited ($TPL)46.7%9.9%-25.9%-19.2%
Caza Oil & Gas Inc ($CAZ)21.5%67.0%178.3%-22.2%
Bankers Petroleum Ltd ($BNK)25.8%34.9%5.9%-38.6%
 
Median (4 companies)36.3%40.1%8.0%-20.7%
Ithaca Energy Inc ($IAE)144.8%-8.0%-2.0%-42.2%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top  FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Bankers Petroleum Ltd ($BNK)77.5%81.1%80.8%72.2%
Caza Oil & Gas Inc ($CAZ)0.1%30.5%40.8%44.8%
Tethys Petroleum Limited ($TPL)14.7%28.9%46.2%-76.0%
 
Median (3 companies)14.7%30.5%46.2%44.8%
Ithaca Energy Inc ($IAE)22.5%23.4%-2.9%39.5%34.4%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top  FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Caza Oil & Gas Inc ($CAZ)-50.7%-3.0%47.7%49.8%
Bankers Petroleum Ltd ($BNK)53.3%59.4%68.3%38.5%
Edge Resources Inc ($EDE)-0.9%-9.9%24.7%27.1%
Tethys Petroleum Limited ($TPL)-1.3%-2.9%-29.7%-146.5%
 
Median (4 companies)-1.1%-2.9%36.2%32.8%
Ithaca Energy Inc ($IAE)49.3%38.8%-78.0%-43.7%62.2%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top  FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Bankers Petroleum Ltd ($BNK)64.1%50.0%58.7%47.3%
Tethys Petroleum Limited ($TPL)52.0%64.4%95.2%37.5%
Edge Resources Inc ($EDE)303.0%75.0%44.6%33.7%
Caza Oil & Gas Inc ($CAZ)249.9%352.9%177.4%15.5%
 
Median (4 companies)157.0%69.7%77.0%35.6%
Ithaca Energy Inc ($IAE)95.1%83.4%103.5%42.8%41.6%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top  FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Caza Oil & Gas Inc ($CAZ)-15.2%-7.9%5.2%4.5%
Bankers Petroleum Ltd ($BNK)17.4%20.8%20.8%-0.2%
Tethys Petroleum Limited ($TPL)-7.7%-6.5%-4.4%-31.3%
Edge Resources Inc ($EDE)-8.7%-18.7%0.2%-42.2%
 
Median (4 companies)-8.2%-7.2%2.7%-15.8%
Ithaca Energy Inc ($IAE)4.6%0.7%-34.0%-22.0%6.3%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top  FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Edge Resources Inc ($EDE)8.0x7.6x
Bankers Petroleum Ltd ($BNK)0.4x0.3x0.1x0.6x
Caza Oil & Gas Inc ($CAZ)3.4x-0.2x
 
Median (3 companies)0.4x0.3x3.4x0.6x